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The Huron Expositor, 1917-02-09, Page 1...41e11,11.4 4-0-treneee-4.0stene.. Our customers goes a teiftpt you' oods liable goods a real money - a.11 off, we mean ckets are left on d pay us soc to llars worth you ng of Lberally of these y to use a year ss than uld he hfully we Te will re- purchase sr There. ces if/anted >0.04 $•Citeeeina-04 FIFTY-FIRST YEAR WHOLE NUMBER 2565 Greig Clothing Company The Right - Honorable Winston Spencer Churchill. . atutenwswearamewssexmagas•-. • SEAFORTIL. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 91 1917 `THE WAR BY LAND AND AIR AND SEA. Second to .7tione " 00 —FOR r OF ,Jut as good bargains for the next - week as wtre to be had the first week of sale. • • Our etionpious stock, after a .week's heavy selling‘ is practically as fuil and -complete in all 'lines of men's and boys' Clothing as it was the first day of sale— an d for the prez•ent week we have prepared a long list f Clothing, Underwear, Furs, .Socks, :and. Shirtseand *inter Caps —with all the Prices Marked Stili Lower For Instance—Look at these Fur Sets for Girls White .stole and muff $7 Grey wolf muff& scart 1175 Grey fOx MuffSt stoieI.3 25 Racoon muff & stole 14,00 Black muff and stole 17..50 Girls and Women's - Coats Stnall Girls coat ..,....$3.99 Misses coats•..... ........-6.49 Wokaen's Women's fancy coats and fine blacks.. -....i1.89 Men's Overcoats fine overcoats size - 36 to 44, Sale price $10.49 25 fine scotch ulsters 13.29 20 fine dress Boys/ Overcoats 30 children's sizes ..$3.99- 37 overcoats 26A0 30.....5.29- 28 overcoats 30 to 33..6.79 Winter Capb 125 caps men's sizes . 69c isoblacks,blues, browns 89c Raincoats 20 extra heavy men's A coats.... ... . •. • • .59.78 27 ladies' coats...........4.89 Men's Blue Serge Suits 30 suits extra special value sizes 34 to 44 guaranteed cOl- or, sale price..........$11.99 35 Boys' Suj,ts made from the old re- ' liable cloths, sizes 26 to 29, sale price_ . 4.29 37 E..uits, sizes 36 to 35, sale price.... ... ........5.49 Socks Medium grey & white...21c Heavy grey ribbed Fine cashmere ribbed 39c Stockings .,••••.1••••=.0.IIMM•••• (As our reatlers will remember, the author of the 'following article was First Lord of ethe Admiralty from 1911 to 1915, :and is nOw an officer in the .British Army on the Western front, as well as a member of Parlia- ment Ile is the son of the late Lord Randolph Churchill and a grandson of the seventh Duke of Marlberough. He went out to South Africa, as a newspaper correspondent in the Boer War, end was present at several bat- tles, land wasetaken prisoner, but es- caped.) During the whole year that is 'past Great Itritain has continued to en- joy all the -fruits of naval supremacy. We have fed and supplied ourselves in this island with ell that was needed to - maintain the lifelof the people and the War -making energies of the state. We have transported our arrnies by water wherever we chose. We have main- tained and supplied them continuous- ly overseas in the laighesf state of efficiency. We have carried on an act- ive export trade. We have guerded .ourselves, our Doniinions, and our allies from all forms of oversee at -- tack. We have prevented the enemy from carrying on any oversea trade, either export orlmport, except through r eutral countries, and even through this channel, which is closed not by paval power, but by diplomatic action, the volume has been substantially re - The Battle of Jutland has shown that the enemy can not face a decis- ive battle at sea, even when he is chI own erse•Th line of quired for the line of battle at the ex- pense' of mercantile eonstruction, a esentrary tendency has been operating for a long time. It ought to be pos- sible, in a very short time, to multi- ply merchant ships of * simple stand- arized patterit and proPerly armed a- gainst the gun attack of submarines. What of the air? The foundations (1! the Royal Flying Corps were well and truly laid before the war. By exertions which claim, though they have not always received, recognition of their countrymen, General Seely, Sir David Henderson, and Colonel Sykes had gathered *mother, in the teeth of difficulty and discouragement, an organization animated by a lofty spirit, a body of knowledge and ex- perience, and a band of daring pilots with their machines e Out of this everything has been developed, and io-day the Air Service- of the British Army is not regarded ski`s inferior to that of any of our allies, and has es- tablished an undoubted ascendency over the enemy. Here is one of the .great deeisive factors of the war, a definite step to - Words real victory. - superiority has had its fluctuations on the west- ern front. • We have been up and down and now we are up attain. Every ex- ertion must be made to maintain this invaluable ascendencyf It will not - long pass without new challenge; but past and present experience Justifies a confident hope that the position we have gained to -day in military aero- nautic d will only be Amproved, by a more intense competition. Since Lord French became respons- duced. ible far home defence _against Zeppe- lin raids we have witnessed a very great improvement in the organization. of all protective measunies. The large enged in close proximity to ---hi i supply of guns which ,r,re ordered in ses and his own protected wet-- the early months of tWayar when the superior power of the 13-iitish Admiralty first been** responsible ttle has proved to be Wafts. have-all.now come to bend-, and many 'air confidence in this re_ others have been added to them. But sped reste- no longer on convincing it is the "hornet". and. not the gun arguments e d calculations, but en which must ever be regarded as the -ascertained fa s. Meanwinflei, the su- fatal destroyer of -Zeppelins and the periority of the rand Fleet has been final deterrent u129n their activities. growing actually and relatively in -. all essentials. It cannot be too' strongly realized nor too frequently repeated that the fOregoing fads constitute the foun- dation of our whole existence arid power to wage the war to a victorious conclusion. Those hilio suppese that it 10 open to the Grand Fleet -to better this situation by taking more aggres- sive action at the present stage are ignorant of the physical conditions of -modern maval warfare. They are also eingulaily urunindful of the teachings with her enemies has risen by nearly of naval history. Even in Nelson's thirty in the last few months, and will time the most he could do until the probably be still furtner increased be - enemy put to sea -voluntarily was fore spring. ' They certainis cannot to blockade hire in his ports. Under now number much less than two hun- present Conditions 'we Achieve this dred and twenty-five The reserves blockadealmost as effeei ively. from a of man power which be has 1Nfai1ab1e distant strategic_ base, and, ' 111 addi- will undoubtedly pernitt%ter to main - 1;}p tion, we exert a control over the tain thee iminense '`f `tee- in continu- ocea.n never dreamed of in the old oars 'me' saetlirity--threifin e the coming even after the most dazzling victor- year, even if the 1916 and:19.19 classes ies. The man who would seoparize of recruits, each six hundred thous - these primary advantages by which end strong,are not thrown imas thrown alone we live and have our being is in they will be before the strug- a maniac. gle ends. The mortal peril of Turkey. But it does not follow from this that Bulgaria and Austria, and their ex - we should rest content with these tea- trerne need, force these countries to reme services as the eole outcome of yield thernselvea unresistable to the our vast and varied naval power. It : martial domination of Prussia. Pol- s clear that by itself the naval block- and may supply additional resources. ade, however stringent, will not ef- ' Everythihng will be controlled by fect the ruin of iGermany within any "Main Headquarters". German iauth- period we can at present forsee. It ority and German thoroughness will must never be forgotten that the par- , regulate minutely the war energies of amount services of the navy make am her struggling allies. German conies ienormoue demand upon our limited na- inanders will lead their armies, Ger- tonal resources. The Battle of Jet- • man Plans will govern their actions. land has shown that the Germans„had ; This centralized, -uniformed, all -em-' no surprises in store for us; that a bracing war direction will net become great action fought at sea followed in : less competent as the conflict swells the main a conventional course. The towards its fateful culmination. data should now lave been obtain- I This prodigious military effort -will ed to enable ifs to measure, with more be supported by the greatestmanifes- precision and certainty than was pos- tations of submarine activity at sea sitle before, the margins of superior- and by strenuous attempts to regain ity necessary to assure to the Grand aerial supremacy. Side by side with it Fleet unqnestionable supremacy. Af- ter that point has been reached the will be launched an insidiuos propa- in ganda of peace. A cloud of fair -seem- piling up of additional superiority the . absence of any new method by ing words and sentiments will be which that superiority can be turned spread between, the Germany which now stands desperately , at bay, and to effect, or any new advantages which the dark and bloody records of Belgian it can gain for us, becomes an un- and Serbian atrocities, and the long thrifty employment of our resources. years of arrogant and malignant pre- Fi ne cash mere... 49c ••• If we were to accept the present 'role' Heavy Worsted ribbe ..... of the navy—great as it is --as the peration for aggressive war. Every agency, whether of fear or lassitude C C:I 49- last worn that sea power has to speak,Ior humanitarianism will be invoked Eyery- month since the begininng of the war the qualities of aeroplanes of the naval wing was alone sufficient to deter Zeppelins from wining 'except in the darkness of long and moonless nights. But now the "hornets," ever stronger on the wing, have learned to fly by night; to find their Rrey an4 sting it to death. The German armies to -day are lar- ger and more powerful than they' ever have been. The number of di vieions which Germany maintains in contact Underikear Men's heavy ribbed all wool.... Men's fine natural wool winter weight.......1.29 Wok Shirts Fancy collar . . .. ...........59c riot been accorded the outlet a,nd scope eilless she is convinced by the ter - it is 'clear that the proportion l of na- i to stand between the Hun and retri- tiona'energy, devoted to it, after ' bution. High prices, cruel losses, un- safety has once been achieved, would ! inspiring leadership,will be counted on have to be regulated in proportion to i to produce their effects upon the war - other needs, bothmilitary and indus- I making resolution of Great Britain trial, i and ler allies.The Gel-mare-le:me is that Is there, then, no means by which tif the frontiers can be Upshakably the navy, without endangering the I maintained for another year, a peace supreme advantages it has already cured for us and our allies, can aid 1 from see ' can be had which will relieve Geomany MOle actively in the general cause9 the consequences of the hideous Icatistrophe in which she has Plunge "We should not too readily take "N°" ) ed the • world, and leave her free .to for an answer. An aggressive spirit ! is the soul of a succesful war. The scheme and prepare a decisive -stroke in hnother generation. Unless Ger- feeling is widespread that the enter- i malty is- beaten in a manner which prise and audacity cif our seamen have leavesno room for doubt or dispute, Heavy black and white 79e -which they require. This feeling would nit logic a events that the glory HandkerCiaiefs z000 white hemstitched ...3c r000 colored borders. ...Se 500 Excelda silk 3 forr-25e 9c Men's Fancy Worsted Suits rn be ischeviaui s f it led to vague de-; of her people can never be achieved mends that the Grand Fleet should by violent means, unless her wairemak- abandon the sure and sound strategic ing tapaCity after the war is sensibly policy it has hitherto :followed. • It eimi 'shed, a renewal of trie conflict would be wholly beneficial if it led to ef an uneasy and malevolent truce, the encouragement of a naval offen- semis .unavoidable. sive which did not compromise the Itis not generally realized that an -Tital elements of our strength. • inconclusive peace is more dangerous The menace of subm' rine attack on to Great Britain than to any of her cin :nerclmnt ships, which i its first form great, allies. Russia Fratice, ,Italy, had been effectually rushed by the depend for. life and safety upon the measures taken by the Admiralty in ability of armies to defend their iron - the spring of 1915, has lately ben re- teirs. The mobolization of great arm- suscitated upon at more formidable ies and their aligment on the fron- scale. Here; too, we must recognize tiers require a definite and accurately the impossibility of resting even for calcuable number of days. At least a day upon our oars. Theremnst be a a fortnight mist elapse between the „continual. flood of new ideas, new ex- issue of. the fateful order, "General Mobolization" and any deisive shock 5o brown mixtures perience, new energy to cope with the fine dress . 329 51 • ever -varying forms and ever-increas- -ing magnitude of the German attacks. so e-rey Our security against being outdone by submarine attack on commerce re- quires a twofold process—first, the harrying and destruction of German ; submarines by all the methods which naval ingenuity and craft can devise; and, secondly, and scarcely less im- ' portant, the systematized niultiplica- tion of our own merchant shipping. ' Whereas at the outset of the war Greig Clothing Company ated completion of dreadnoughts re- building activities upon the acceler- • it was right to concentrate our ship - 0 • The above is only a small portion of the multitude of bargains offered at this largest of all big sales we have ever held. ^ of battle. In that foresight the main strength of the warring nations can be arrayed for their defence. The salient fact of this war is the great power of the defensive once ths arm- ies have taken up the long line of in - trenched positiOns. If the great war ends in an inconclusive peace with consequent dartgers of the renewal of the war, the frontiers willecertainly be entrenched under the most perfect systems that can be devised and de- fended by every resource of wire, machine guns, and artillery. Therefore it seentST that continental nations, •••••••Iso.11.3111 THE OLD TIMES 'none -fit Soldiers Aid COMIllieeiO4 willebe repeated -in CARD NO'S OPERA HALL MON] er evetnee Feb, 19th De ncing com men ceshit half ast eight o'clock. Excellent Music -Special Piping and Highland Dancing. EVERYBODY INVITED Ladies please bring Cake or Sandwiches Gentlemen- $1.00 Gallery open to spectators -nee. A. D. SIPTHER.LAND. crium 4,1 vulnerable only across land frontiers will be sure of having first, full warn- ing of an attack, and, secondly, a very effective means of defence. Surprise will have no terrors for them. Their anxieties will be profound and continued, but into those anx- ieties there will not enter that horrible feeling that at any moment, without warning or cause or even pre- text,coivnthey- ena7 be ' suddenly stuck Great Britain, on theother hand, will depend fret. her securities, not up- on laud frontiers and fortified armies, but, as heretofore, upon see power, end the constant readiness of her fleeet. No problem ie more haraseing Than that which was presented to the 'Admiralty in the years before the war, of always, while living at peace in a peaceful world, being ready at a mo- ment's notice for supreme attack. Modern fleets require no mobilization. Every vessel is a self-contained unit, All the effective vessels are always fully nsarmed. Naval war begins sim- ply by an order to attack. No pro- tecting curtain of two weeks . delay, no national convulsion such as is in- volved in the general Mobilization of an array, stands between _us and the supreme challenge of war. We have escaped this great peril once. After a hundred years of naval peace, in spite of men's minds being largely concentrated oil Party politics at home, in spike of the widespread sentiment against war preparation, in spite of the unsuspectingt,eassr-go- ing character of our national life, when the hour came, although"Wolf!" had been called so often for no reason —the fleet was -ready. Before an ul- timatum was launched, before a shot Vests -fired, every ship was at its ste- tion, every seaman at his post. Cin we ever count with certainty re on the renewal �f that merciful deliverance? Britain's huor of greatest peril is be- fore the declaration of war. Two circumstances should leak° us pause. First, in August, 1914, Ger- many desperately desired to keep Eng-- land neutral. Her declarations of war; were timed with regard to military, not naval, considerations, and the sur- prise attack on Englann played no I part in her far-reaching plans. Can we be sure that next time the fatal moment will not be fixed: exclusively for us and that a surprise attack out of profound peace by treachery will not be our sole warning that the great struggle has recom- menced? Secondly, do not the C tions of aerial warfars and subm rine attacks enable a treacherous surprise to be executed with a deadliness never before possible? Suddenly beim the blue water torpedoes leap towards our squadrons engaged in the routine cruises and exereise of peace; or through the darkness of the night, the lambs of attacking aireraft on a scale never yet practised crash down upet -he dockyards, the magazines, the oil- Isitvoer s.es, the arsenals by which our navy No, we must finish tbis business new Now is the time, and noes is the only time. The means can be found if the will is not lacking. Wita• .ver the cost we must drive remorseleesly oe me, 1 we reach a victory so deeisive that it carries with it as its firse, con-equent the liberation of the Ger- ian people from the vile system of which they have made themselves th; slaves, and thus called into being a new Prussia in a new Europe. But for this purpose we sla I re- quire to employ to its full every re- source, not merely of this island, but of the British Empire as a whole. New demands must be made upon the man- hood of the nation; women must come forward in many hundreds of thous- ands to liberate men from the muni- tion faetoriese unnecessary industries must be suspended; food prices must be controlled so as to secure to the na- tions at war the power to pur -ease the rations essential for their physical ef- ficiency at prices within their reach. WAR SAVING CERTIFICATES. /The new War Saving Certifieates which have just been created by the Government to encourage thrift and economy and to give everyone an op- portunity to assist in financing our war expenditure, are now on sale at every bank and money order post of- fice in Canada. The $25 certificate sells for $21..50, the $50 for $43, and the $100 for $86. As ate investment these cerkficates offer many attractive featuresa- def of which are the absoiute security and the excellent interest return. For every $21.50 lent to the Government now, $25 will be returned at the end of three years. There are two other features which are especially interesting to small in- vestor. First, the certificates may be surrendered at any time, if the buyer I should need his money; and second, each certificate is registered at Ottal:ya, in the buyer's name, and, if lost or stolen, is therefore Value- less to anyone else. But while they are excellent from an investment standpoint, the certif- icates should appeal strongly to Can- adians because they offer to these who must serve at home a splendid o perfunite fey a P St importans patriotic service. The person who 1honestly saves to the extent �f his ability and places his savings at the diposal of the Government bypurchas- ing thm, ese certificates ay ;eel that he is having a direct share in feeding equipping and munitioning our Can- adian soltlieseenewho are so nobly doing their part. Wily RECRUITING FAILS. The following extract is from a let- ter written by a Seaforth boy who has been serving at the front now for over a year, who has been through some of the heaviest fighting of the war, and who knows whereof he speaks and is so much to the point that we are pleased to have an opportunity of publishing it, He says; Recruiting at home seems to be fall- ing off, and treeerauch wonder. We un- derstand that all the ranks of officers corning across now are reduced to lieu- tenants until they see active service. Those holding jobs in England who have not seen service must give them up and rightly so, to the officers who have done their bit. But the fact re- mains that those who don't wish to give up their rank or come to France ere being allowed to resign their rank beemne civilians and go back to Can- ada. If the people at home allow this action on their part, if true, to pass unnoticed, why we over here will - surely think you are not doing your pert. Just think of it, OffiCerS A,I.ho have come to England, held down a fat job and when the pinch comes, funk it and are then allowed to be- come civilians and return to Canada, while at home cherrecruiting sergeant goes around pestering the life out of some boy really needed there. This condition is neither fair nor just. I consider such a returned officer in the same class as the poor cowards who beat it to the States to avoid service. These latter should never be allowed to return to Canada. Hence I think that rather than have Sir Robert Bor- den's registration, we should have ev- er there a published black list of those who have failed to eorne through af- ter enjoying and living on the best the country could give. I have every faith that all slackers_ in the old coun- try, at -least, be they Canadians er not will have an uneasy time mewthat Lloyd George is in command. r men- tion these things because the time has come when the people at home should get down to business, sort out the greeter and honorary colonel and give the real worker a chance to finish up this business and in a hurry. And so when you speak of conscription in Can- ada, I am not in favor until such time as every other measure has been tak- en because if the evils already existing are not -wiped out, why the slacker even with eonseription will find the same means of escape if he is not exposed. PATRIOTIC WORK IN HURON ECONOMICALLY MANAGED. As there are frequent evidences that - the work of the Patriotic Branch for Huron County is not as widely known as it should be to prevent misander- standing, the folloniing item, encaned from the proceedings nt the last inonthly meeting of the Executive in Goderich, it should prove of interest to those wishing to know he facts as well as to the people of the Coun- ty as a whole: Since the opening of the work no fewer than 350 families have been dealt with from this office in Goderich and at the present time about 600 are on the list for monthly allowances.The total payments for the month of Jan- uary will aggregate $4,500, including the amount retained and placed in the Savings bank to the credit of the bene- ficii.ries. It is worth noting that this system of saving one-half the monthly allowance, adopted by this branch, has been found of great benefit to parti- cipants who found thernsehre.s in an emergency which needed the help -of a little ready cash, and the esiample of the. Duron Branch, has been urged by the Ottawa Executive for general adoption. ' An audited statement from Ottawa shows thet in the years 1915 and 1916 a total of $53,026 was drawn fr n the general fund for distribution in Huron County, and this large sum has been. handled here without the disagree merit of one cent with the audit at Ottawa.-- A report from the Executive otethe Citizen's Campaign Fund of 1915 and 1916 in Goderieh, showed thatinclud- ing the town's share about $2395 was in arrears on December 21st, but, -with the town's balance paiel, the amount to be collected and considered good was $452.75, and this, it is understood, will be all in shortly. The expense of the neorking of the Patriotic Branch in this County 15 less than Vs, of 1 per cent, madeup of a small salary for clerical . help, office rent, printing, etc., and Notwithstand- ing an occasional impression to the contrary, not one cent has ever been paid to the officials who are conducting thework Two other branches of war work are looming up, and will likely entail a large amount of labor separate from the ordinary Patriotic work These are first, the Pensions bi ench. Within the last ten days about thirty sets of pap- ers for settling claims have been re- ceived at this office, and these are now in the hands of the respective Reeves where the soldiers' fasnilies live, to be filled up and sent in to the Patriotic officals here and then forwarded to the Pensions Board at Ottawa for ucaolut inetsy settlement. Altogether about 35 cm - are I up 1 nt o derdate.e Them second, the care of disabled nsideration for this eeldiers, who are returned to this County. This work, involving contin- uous and careful attention, will . undertaken by the War Auxiliary of the Counts; Mr. V. Brydone of *on' the the county president, addressing the County Council on Tuesday lest, for co-operation in the work. It will be seen from the above thatl the work in connection with. Huron's share in the war is no small matter, {MeLEAN BROS., Publisher* $1.50 a Year in Advance es...s-eare-...-_______. . -• -•- - •r, tut the Executive an 1 the I.ticials whe. tire earryt' ine it on do S) with a desire to do theirbit willingly and ehee_rfil- ly. t For a time the work was •con- ducted under exte.rense difficulty, with no proper ofilce -ice.ionno lation, but now .a room iii the Mesonie Temple building is ocupied and with adeqaate equipment there fs no delay in any part of the work. CO-OPERATION OF PARENTS. I have been reciaested by several parents to say something to the stud. - cuts in reference to distractions front school work in the shape of evening amusements which have seriously in- terfered with work of these pupils during the last two 'months. While we consider orrselves -parti- ally responsible for those students who live out of town; on the other hand we do not. hold ourselves open Ito censure, for the waste cif time out of school heurs a to-r.n rein lents. For these, the parent is whelly responsible; if one or two cermet he disciplined, how can V -T be expected to discipline one hundred and eighty-five of ninety? Since I have come to this school, think that distracidoe in which the pupils participate have been .trebled. • Unless :staff and parents co-operate the highest efficiency cannot be real- ized. For the last twenty years, Sea - forth C. I. has had an enviable record among the schools of Ontario, and I think DlOie than helti is F -access can be attributed lo the antude of parents and teachers in nusidnit• pupils real- ize that they are at eehoel for work, not play. In these eerenuous days a ours, they cannot be allovnid to fritter away their.valuable Now by this I don't by any means mean to imply that some pleasures should not be permitted once or twice a week, as these are not only benefic- ial but abeolutely cseential, but by all lnean$ curtell Blew te a sane amount. During the le-st three cr four years the Education Depari:ment has been more eireeting and vieororie in its de- mands and we are forced te cater tee that dernaad. When in the tnid-surn- reer a paresit or sensitive pupil fai's to find the eagerly sought name in the list bf successful candidates, then clo- the sins of cinissione and coreiniesion demand expiation. Sincerely 'yours, J. it. ROSS BRUCEFIELD. Team Sold.—Mr. Sam Reid, of the - Mill Road, this week n)speeni of a very fine team of yearling general pur- pose geldings to his -neighbor, Mr. John.. Nicholson. They were raised by Air. Reid and were an exceptionally good_ pair and well 'mat -civil, and were sir- ed by the well keown :nova hi rse, Lord Oswald. The -price wee a long One but Mr, Inicholsen reeeivee QM val- ue for his -moue • - tete ene of the best tearee in, ties eiti - Itintese-The . ;drain' recent- ly sent to Mange:ten- re -.0 paizs socks, 40 h /elite) hir r iij o the knitters ie year.; young, and 10- etill doing her bit for the breve boys. --Thomas Campbell sold ',net week two baby beeves which netted him WO, a freed ligiire for le. -7u young animalsbeing only elan months obi. They were rinie enes and were sold te Charles Reid and shipped 7 it Toronto. -There i a 're:'. 1?ea1 of eickness in this locaiitie-- -The saw- mill is. 1107: ranning, aincr nidne iiiie for seine time oenne te ilieablen en- gine.—A carload o; coal came to L. Beatty laif week at oer etation. was quite a Co ne nn to „army who were scarce' of et mi •*, seigg disposed of.—A meeting will be held in the parlor of the Pre4byterian church here on Wedneiday, 14th inst. at 3.30 'o'clock. All in' eresten in Red Cress work are corCiaily invited to at- tend. Everybody welcome, • e____ea-e. • EXETER. • Installation of Offieers.--.4t the reg- ular meeting of Con'tt t.T;lisietely. Exe- ter, held on Men 'ay night ine follow- ing tofficers were duly installed: C.R- J.W. Powell; V.C.R., Aer. Penbale; F S . R.N. Rowe; R. Se , F.W. Mad- man; Treasurer, Chas. Birney; Thomas Dinney; J. W., M, South, cott; Chanlain, SJ !ferny; S. B. , P. Hern; B., Joeeph Bro William Andrew, P.C.R., of Court Ilainiota, Manitoba, assisted by Bre, C. T. Brooks, of theert Garry, Win- nipeg acted as insteiling Irastere. The Late William Weeks. ----On Tues- day evening of last ween Exeter lost one of its most respected -citizens in the person of William D, Weeks, et the firm of Weeks Bros, Marble Deal- ers. He was born in Woodstock Onto but moved to Exeter with his parents in 1878. Some few years ago he ant his brother James, established the Ere eter marble works and have conduct- ed it ever since, Mr. Weeks for sae years was a member of the scliorsi board and for twenty years he wae. chairman a the library board, and for a number of years a member et the cemetery board. He is servile. ed by one son, Frank, in Virden, Main; two brothers, James, of Exeter, and Georgh. of Washington, D. C., arid four sisters, Mrs, Hugh Specimen, Exeter; Misses Annie and Minnie, of Exeter, and Mrs McDonald, of Guelple Mr. Weeks was in his 61st year. The funeral, which was of a private ea- ture, tok place on Sunday afternoon. from his late residence on Andrew street, to the Exeter cemetery. Notes —Mr G. A. K. McLeod is confined to his bed through illness.-. Mrs. John Cottle a Thames Read, is seriously ill.—Mrs. S. G. Bawden and Mrs. R. N. Creech were in London last week, Mrs. W. J. Hearnan who has been in aliospital there returned witls Mrs. Bawdere—Dogs destreyed sever- al turkeys belonging to Mr. Thos Bis- sett, a Usborne.—Mr John Moir it ihowir.g signs of improvement and we hope he will sbon be well death took place on Wednesday at Wroxeter of a former well known res- ident of Exeter, in the person of Mrs. John Braund, being a sister of the late William Grigg-. It will be remember- ed by our old residents that Mr. Brain conducted a tailor shop in Exeter, on the west side of Main street, near Weekes' marble works. 'Deceased :was aged 98 years and 6 months. '1